diff --git a/packages/backend/migration/1740162088574-add_unsignedFetch.js b/packages/backend/migration/1740162088574-add_unsignedFetch.js
index 0744e68dfa..a30f5ae966 100644
--- a/packages/backend/migration/1740162088574-add_unsignedFetch.js
+++ b/packages/backend/migration/1740162088574-add_unsignedFetch.js
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 import { loadConfig } from '../built/config.js';
+import { LoggerService } from '../built/core/LoggerService.js';
+import { NativeTimeService } from '../built/global/TimeService.js';
+import { EnvService } from '../built/global/EnvService.js';
 
 export class AddUnsignedFetch1740162088574 {
 	name = 'AddUnsignedFetch1740162088574'
@@ -16,7 +19,8 @@ export class AddUnsignedFetch1740162088574 {
 		await queryRunner.query(`UPDATE "user" SET "allowUnsignedFetch" = 'always' WHERE "username" LIKE '%.%' AND "host" IS null`);
 
 		// Special one-time migration: convert legacy config "" to meta setting ""
-		const config = await loadConfig();
+		const loggerService = new LoggerService(console, new NativeTimeService(), new EnvService());
+		const config = await loadConfig(loggerService);
 		if (config.checkActivityPubGetSignature) {
 			// noinspection SqlWithoutWhere
 			await queryRunner.query(`UPDATE "meta" SET "allowUnsignedFetch" = 'never'`);
diff --git a/packages/backend/ormconfig.js b/packages/backend/ormconfig.js
index d59e647d89..14a66cdf57 100644
--- a/packages/backend/ormconfig.js
+++ b/packages/backend/ormconfig.js
@@ -2,8 +2,12 @@ import { DataSource } from 'typeorm';
 import { loadConfig } from './built/config.js';
 import { entities } from './built/postgres.js';
 import { isConcurrentIndexMigrationEnabled } from "./migration/js/migration-config.js";
+import { LoggerService } from './built/core/LoggerService.js';
+import { NativeTimeService } from './built/global/TimeService.js';
+import { EnvService } from './built/global/EnvService.js';
 
-const config = loadConfig();
+const loggerService = new LoggerService(console, new NativeTimeService(), new EnvService());
+const config = loadConfig(loggerService);
 
 export default new DataSource({
 	type: 'postgres',
diff --git a/packages/backend/scripts/check_connect.js b/packages/backend/scripts/check_connect.js
index 865bb63d55..3a8f1c4abb 100644
--- a/packages/backend/scripts/check_connect.js
+++ b/packages/backend/scripts/check_connect.js
@@ -6,15 +6,18 @@
 import Redis from 'ioredis';
 import { loadConfig } from '../built/config.js';
 import { createPostgresDataSource } from '../built/postgres.js';
-import Logger from '../built/logger.js';
+import { LoggerService } from '../built/core/LoggerService.js';
+import { NativeTimeService } from '../built/global/TimeService.js';
+import { EnvService } from '../built/global/EnvService.js';
 
-const config = loadConfig();
+const loggerService = new LoggerService(console, new NativeTimeService(), new EnvService());
+const config = loadConfig(loggerService);
 
 // createPostgresDataSource handles primaries and replicas automatically.
 // usually, it only opens connections first use, so we force it using
 // .initialize()
 async function connectToPostgres() {
-	const source = createPostgresDataSource(config, new Logger('check-connect'));
+	const source = createPostgresDataSource(config, loggerService);
 	await source.initialize();
 	await source.destroy();
 }
diff --git a/packages/backend/scripts/generate_api_json.js b/packages/backend/scripts/generate_api_json.js
index 798e243004..c554755e74 100644
--- a/packages/backend/scripts/generate_api_json.js
+++ b/packages/backend/scripts/generate_api_json.js
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 
 import { execa } from 'execa';
 import { writeFileSync, existsSync } from "node:fs";
+import { LoggerService } from '../built/core/LoggerService.js';
+import { NativeTimeService } from '../built/global/TimeService.js';
+import { EnvService } from '../built/global/EnvService.js';
 
 async function main() {
 	if (!process.argv.includes('--no-build')) {
@@ -24,7 +27,8 @@ async function main() {
 	/** @type {import('../src/server/api/openapi/gen-spec.js')} */
 	const { genOpenapiSpec } = await import('../built/server/api/openapi/gen-spec.js');
 
-	const config = loadConfig();
+	const loggerService = new LoggerService(console, new NativeTimeService(), new EnvService());
+	const config = loadConfig(loggerService);
 	const spec = genOpenapiSpec(config, true);
 
 	writeFileSync('./built/api.json', JSON.stringify(spec), 'utf-8');